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whap

noun, verb, interjection

whap is a noun meaning “A blow; a hit; a whop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-H-A-P, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of whap is whaps.

What does whap mean?

noun

  1. 1

    A blow; a hit; a whop.

  2. 2

    UKcolloquialA breast.

  3. 3

    ScotlandobsoleteThe curlew, Numenius arquata; a whaup.

verb

  1. 1

    USTo strike hard and suddenly.

  2. 2

    USTo throw oneself quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly.

interjection

  1. 1

    The sound of sudden blow or hit.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of whap

  • whaps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • whapping participle, present
  • whapped participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is whap?

Whap appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does whap come from?

Onomatopoeic; variant of whop.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).